the progression of pots… Posted on September 17, 2006 By pamela I’m smiling at how things change in life… and how, in a mind-boggling way, they really don’t change all that much at all. As I reached for a pot for making farina this morning, I smiled as I recalled how I delighted in putting the whole set of my new… Read more
Another Homeschooling Year Posted on September 16, 2006 By pamela The above cartoon is funny to me. Funny things always seem to contain a curious blend of truth, a stretch of that truth and a bit of fiction. Funny thing is, the fiction parallels the truth so closely that it’s hard to make a distinction sometimes. Well, so the above… Read more
stamps… and we are at war? Posted on September 16, 2006 By pamela I received a mail from a friend of mine this morning… when I see things like this, I’m nothing short of amazed. All things considered http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/eidstamp.asp or… are we at war? Read more
A time to every purpose under the heaven… Posted on September 12, 2006 By pamela I keep thinking… no, I *cannot* be in this season. As if any day now, things will get back to normal. I will revert back to normal coloured hair, I will have tight upper arms, and the skin of my neck will resemble the skin of my forearm once again. … Read more
911 reminds us… Posted on September 10, 2006 By pamela 911 reminds us, each one, to say one or two three-word sentences: I am sorry. I love you. 911 reminds us that whatever we have today is all we have… There are no tomorrows, only today’s and yesterday’s and sorrow skips no home. 911 reminds us: “…we wrestle not against… Read more
The You-Know-You-Want-Me Clothes Posted on September 9, 2006 By pamela I spent the day yesterday with the olders… the olders, meaning the four oldest at home (and that, thankfully, included Timothy). We sort of followed an oft taken course… Penney’s in town, the bank and Starbucks. Our little town really only has one viable clothing store and we’re thus forced… Read more
Another moon… another month gone by. Posted on September 6, 2006 By pamela I’m smiling, thinking about our Timothy. Twelve hundred miles away, he’s seeing the same full moon tonight. And after four months away… tomorrow he’ll be home… for a few weeks. And then he’ll return to California for several weeks. It would seem that this would get easier. But it doesn’t…. Read more
Modest Clothing… Posted on September 6, 2006 By pamela Many times in the past several years I’ve written articles or posts on the topic of modesty and/or modest dress. I’ve received letters of thanks and letters of condemnation. I think the letters of thanks are the ones I prefer, but I also appreciate the letters of disapproval, for it… Read more
About that oven… Posted on August 31, 2006 By pamela So… remember that sparkling clean oven I had just a few nights ago? Well… it’s not any longer. As if to reenact the barbecue effect in the kitchen tonight, I dumped the contents of pecan pie bars on the oven floor. So, that’s why the oven is no longer sparkling… Read more
Wait when news is shocking Posted on August 30, 2006 By pamela A couple of nights ago as some of the sisters in our fellowship gathered, we talked briefly about a sensational and shocking local news story that had just been broadcast that evening. It would have grabbed our attention had we not known the woman—but hearing her name on the news… Read more